What’s been said? In the wake of the Children’s Commissioner’s full-frontal attack on home educators, parents have been making their views known through local media. Four days after Anne Longfield’s report was …
What’s been said? On 12 February, Sir Vince Cable MP introduced a Westminster Hall debate on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Funding. Debates in this venue do not propose legislation; rather they …
What’s been said? On 13 February a “response to feedback” about Anne Longfield’s report and C4 programme was published on the Children Commissioner’s website. This is something of a curate’s egg – …
What’s been said? It doesn’t seem long since we criticised the Tes for an ill-advised podcast in which some of their staff demonstrated a lack of understanding of the issues behind parents …
What’s been said? On Monday 4 February Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, launched a media storm seemingly to persuade the public that “there are tens of thousands of children in England” …
What has been said? On 21 January Tes (previously Times Educational Supplement) published an article entitled “Most criticism of home education is smoke without fire,” in which Randall Hardy, a home educator, …
